Talk:TRS-80 Model 100 line

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"No current portable computers has the appearance of the Model 100 line. More powerful systems are found as pocket-sized PDAs, or palm tops. Laptop computers with full size keyboards are larger, heavier, and have much shorter battery life than the Model 100 style of machine."

I have no idea what this means. Is it comparing to laptops of the time, or laptops of today? Any info on how much the Model 100 weighed for comparison? --Ntg 07:25, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The mass is given in the article - 1.4 kg. No current laptop has so little mass. By "current" I mean present-day.

The edit is incorrect in that it says the 100 booted faster than disk-based computers of the time - the Model 100 still boots faster than *any* disk based computer. I will fix the sentence to say what I mean. --Wtshymanski 08:05, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] What to say about the Model100 ?

how-tos? cold starts, recovery, data-on-cassette, telcom, ni-cad replacement, keyboard elastics, "the HOT setup" ? (club100.org) TPDD specs, pinouts and protocols BoosterPac Description of available ROMs, (Super, URII, Cleauseau, XR4, TSDOS, Rombo, etc) Control; servo, cassette motor , X10, using BCR

hey, I could take some photos ! djp

Please do! And add as much information as you can.  ProhibitOnions  ^(T) 20:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original Tandy manuals

What is the status of the copyright of the original owners/service/basic manuals ? Can we HTMLize them and post them here ? They comprise the bulk of required reference for these systems.

Please sign your comments. The manuals don't belong here, because Wikipedia is not a how-to manual (WP:NOT). Put them on a free website, link to them, and all will be fine. I doubt Tandy will care, but don't quote me on that.  ProhibitOnions  ^(T) 20:12, 20 May 2006 (UTC)